We present experimental solute desorption measurements in porous packings of activated carbon grains. In desorption experiments a tagged NaI solution initially saturating the medium is replaced by water. The solute concentration, obtained at different cross sections of the porous sample, follows...

The phase transition of a fluid adsorbed in a heterogeneous system is studied within a mean-field approach to the lattice gas model with quenched impurities. Despite the different origin of the heterogeneity (spatial variation of binding energy or fluid coordination numbers), the fluid can...

Tracer dispersion measurements in double porosity porous media with a nonlinear adsorption isotherm are reported. Thanks to a radioactive tagging technique we obtained transit time distributions at different cross-sections along the porous medium. This tagging technique allows us to work in a...